There have been a host of articles, books, documentaries and videos about Carlos Castaneda, the group around him, the missing Witches and the like in the years since the first version of this website went up in 1999. This page will present a growing list of links to those works, as well as reviews and critiques of the information contained in them. The links below are in reverse chronological order, so that the latest material, including links to books, articles, and videos, will continue to appear at the top of this page for the convenience of regular site visitors. Links to reviews of other material are listed with the arrow icon next to them: ➡️ .

Articles

➡️ Critique of Geoffrey Gray’s Alta Journal piece by Richard Jennings

The Case of the Missing Chacmools by Geoffrey Gray, Alta Journal, 6/19/24

The Grinberg Affair by Ilan Stavans, The American Scholar, 9/5/2023

The Witches Of Westwood and Carlos Castaneda’s Sinister Legacy by Hadley Meares, laist.com, 9/2/2021

Margaret and Adrian: Carlos Castaneda’s Real Family, by Thomas Rapp, Strange Days the Blog by Thomas Rapp, 2020?

Luminous Beings: My Lunch with Carlos Castaneda (and Kylie), by Thomas Rapp, Strange Days the Blog by Thomas Rapp, 2020?

The Teachings of Carlos Castaneda, by Mike King, Stochastic Press, 2020

Carlos Castaneda: Godfather of the New Age Movement, Tsemrinpoche.com, June 10, 2018

All That Remains of Your God: The life and death of the Blue Scout, by Colin Dickey, 9/4/2014, The Archipelago

MISSING AMALIA: Family pushes for new search in 1998 disappearance of California cult members, Matt Ward, Pahrump Valley Times, 4/11/2014

Doing Carlos Castaneda’s Bidding for Amy Wallace, by David Houston, 9/13/2013

An Original: Richard De Mille, Carlos Castaneda, and Literary Quackery, byWallace Sampson, Science Based Medicine.org, 6/25/2009

The dark legacy of Carlos Castaneda, by Robert Marshall, Salon, April 12, 2007

Bones found in Death Valley Confirmed to be those of Patricia Partin/Nury Alexander, by Robin Flinchum, Pahrump Valley Times, 2/10/2006

Carlos Castaneda and Don Juan: Truth or Fiction, by Mick Brown, The Telegraph, 1998

City of Words: Call Me Carlos, by John Ryle, The Guardian, 7/6/1996

My Lunch with Carlos Castaneda, by Benjamin Epstein, Psychology Today, 3/1/1996

Books

The Science of Seers: The Opposite Twin of Modern Science: A Carlos Castaneda Review, by Fatih Gunicen, self published, 2021

Shaman: The Mysterious Life and Impeccable Death of Carlos Castaneda, by Mike Sager, NeoText, 2020 (republication of the chapter on Castaneda from Sager’s 2003 book Scary Monsters and Super Freaks)

Reading Castaneda: A Prologue to the Social Sciences, by David Silverman, Routledge Revivals, 2019

La Vida Secreta de Carlos Castaneda: Antropólogo, brujo, espía, profeta, by Manuel Carballal, El Ojo Crítico, 2018

The Metamorphosis of the Subject in Foucault and Castaneda: The Way to Experience the Spirit, by Christos Voudouris, self published, 2018 (English translation by Dr. Demetrios Thanasoulas)

Making Sense of the Life and Works of Carlos Castaneda, by F. Lawrence Fleming, self published, 2018

Getting Castaneda: Understanding Carlos Castaneda, by Peter Luce, self published, 2017

Stalking Carlos Castaneda: The Story of a Woman’s Journey with an Aging Sorcerer, on Her Way to a Magical Life, by Joan Wulfsohn, 2012, Water Street Press

The Art of Navigation: Travels with Carlos Castaneda and Beyond, by Felix Wolf, Millichap Books, 2010

Life Dreams: Field Notes on Psi, Synchronicity, and Shamanism, by Douglass Price-Williams, Pioneer Imprints, 2008

The Life & Teachings of Carlos Castaneda, by William Patrick Patterson, Arete Communications, 2008

Carlos Castaneda Biographie: La verite du mensonge, by Christophe Bourseiller, Editions du Rocher, 2005

Encounters with the nagual: Conversations with Carlos Castaneda, by Armando Torres, self published, 2004

Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason, by Gaby Geuter, AuthorHouse, 2004

Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘N’ Roll and Murder, by Mike Sager, Da Capo Press, 2003 (includes chapter on Castaneda)

➡️ Review of Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Sandy McIntosh, American Book Review, June/July 2004

Sorcerer’s Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda, by Amy Wallace, North Atlantic Books, 2003

Toltec Dreamer: A Collection of “Memorable Events” from the Life of a Man-of-action, by Graham Kane, Little Big Press, 2002

Wissenschaftliche und andere Wirklichkeiten: Der Fall Castaneda (Scientific and Other Realities: The Case of Castaneda), by Joachim Gartz, IKO-Verlag f. Interkult, 2001

➡️ Book review of Margaret Runyan Castaneda’s A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda, by Sandy McIntosh, 1999

A Magical Journey With Carlos Castaneda, by Margaret Runyan Castaneda, Millenia Press, 1996

Creative Victory: Reflections on the Process of Power from the Collected Works of Carlos Castaneda , by Tomas, Red Wheel/Weiser, 1995

The Don Juan Papers: further Castaneda controversies, by Richard de Mille, Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1990 (originally published in 1980, this version included a new foreward and preface; republished again in 2000)

Border Crossings, by Donald Lee Williams, A Psychological Perspective on Carlos Castaneda’s Path tof Knowledge, Inner City Books, 1981

Don Juan, Mescalito and Modern Magic: The Mythology of Inner Space, by Nevill Drury, Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd., 1978 (republished in 1988 by Penguin Books)

➡️ Review and Summary of Daniel Noel’s Seeing Castaneda by Randy Stark on SustainedAction 1999

Seeing Castaneda: Reactions to the ‘Don Juan’ Writings of Carlos Castaneda, by Daniel Noel, Perigee Books, 1976

➡️ Summary of Richard de Mille’s Castaneda’s Journey by Sandy McIntosh on SustainedAction 1999

Castaneda’s Journey, by Richard de Mille, 2nd Edition, revised, Capra Press, 1976 (currently available version was republished in 2000)

Documentaries

The Secret of Carlos Castaneda, Vladimir Maykov (director), Metafora Film, 2018

Tales from the Jungle, BBC Documentary, 2006

Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer, Ralph Torjan, 2004

Podcasts

Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda original website [unfortunately, as of October 15, 2024, no longer available there, or anywhere else online]

Other Videos

Spirituality of Star Wars: Influence of Carlos Castaneda by Dudufilm